People can’t see what isn’t culturally visible—that’s why queer history is so necessary, not just as a one-off, but as a perennial part of a culture’s story. In "No Way, They Were Gay?", Lee Wind revisits famous figures of US... Read More

Joanna Eleftheriou’s nuanced essays ask if one can ever truly go home again. Eleftheriou’s entries illuminate life at crossroads, handling Queens, New York, versus Cyprus; tradition versus modernity; and respect for the bonds of... Read More

andrea bennett’s essays concern growing up, pregnancy, parenting, and mental health—topics that are addressed from a nonbinary perspective. Growing up in small town Canada as a queer, nonbinary individual was a complicated and... Read More

A fictional alter ego channels a true-life account in Bishakh Som’s Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir. Anjali, a former New York architect, serves as a visual substitute for Bishakh Som. Her history and personality also mirror Som’s—for... Read More

Molly Wizenberg lays bare her journey of self-discovery and reinvention in her raw, honest memoir "The Fixed Stars". It was jury duty, of all things, that made Wizenberg realize that she might not be straight. After months of denial, she... Read More

"HomoAmerican" is a record of Michael K. Dane’s struggle to break free and live in full, open celebration of himself at a time when gay rights were stifled, hidden, and silenced. History, memory, and imagination converge in Michael K.... Read More

Boys’ Secrets and Men’s Loves is a crusading text that argues that women, LGBTQIA individuals, and cisgender straight men ought to band together to salvage democracy. Part memoir, part philosophical treatise, David A. J. Richards’s... Read More

"The Education of Brainiac" is an insightful memoir whose mix of humor and seriousness distinguish it. David E. Lapin’s charming memoir "The Education of Brainiac" is centered in Boston’s music community. Lapin was born in 1950s New... Read More